Lebanon

Beirut Terraces by Herzog & de Meuron: a modern multilayered 119-metre tall building with many terraces and overhangs Architects: Herzog & de Meuron Location: Beirut, Lebanon Year: 2009 Photo courtesy: Iwan Baan Description: "Site The city of Beirut lies in the heart of the developing Middle East. Having always...

Penthouse defined by a cladded wooden skin and a floating structure suspended from the ceiling through vertical steel profiles Architects: Platau Location: Beirut, Lebanon Year: 2016 Area: 7.000 ft²/ 650 m² Photography: ©Wissam Chaaya Description: "The project is an interior refurbishment of a two floors penthouse for a...

Four single-family houses with the front opened to the view and breeze on the Coast of Aamchit, Lebanon Architects: Hashim Sarkis Studios Location: Coast of Aamchit, Lebanon Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Hashim Sarkis Studios Description: "The project consists of four single-family houses on the coast of Aamchit, Lebanon...

The Rebirth of a Living Space by ROHD Architects: ROHD Location: Sin El Fil, Lebanon Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: ROHD Description: At the solicitation of disappointed tenants—ROHD's central goal was to restore the private task by assuaging the flat from the poor structure and choice of furniture and...

BDM R01 Stylish Apartment in Rabieh by ROHD Architects: ROHD Location: Rabieh, Lebanon Year: 2014 Area: 3,229 sqft / 300 sqm Photo courtesy: Rudy Bou Chebel Description: Roland Helou Design (ROHD) is behind an inside configuration wonder whose fascinating outline will delightfully bewilder even the most philistine eye. Having...

N.B.K. Residence 2 by DW5 Design Studio Architects: DW5 Design Studio Location: Beirut, Lebanon Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: DW5 Design Studio Description: Located at the ninth and last level of the Plot # 2251 project which we conceived in 2008 and for which construction ended in 2013, this three-storey...

Zgharta Residence by platau Architects: platau Location: Zgharta, Lebanon Area: 4,305 sqft Photo courtesy: Ieva Saudargaite Description: Zgharta house sits in a Mediterranean olive grove landscape. The site slopes gently to the main road and enjoys an unobstructed view of the agrarian plain and mountains. The house negotiates conditions...

Villa Yarze by Raëd Abillama Architects Location: Yarze, Baabda, Lebanon Photo courtesy: Raëd Abillama Architects Description: Villa Yarze started with an existing eclectic house in a large landscape. The project was approached by keeping certain characteristic sections of the existing house and adding new programs and...

Fidar Beach House by Raed Abillama Architects Architects: Raed Abillama Architects Location: Fidar, Jbeil, Lebanon Area: 506 sqm Year: 2011 Photo courtesy: Géraldine Bruneel Description: This mid year shoreline house for a group of five and three visitors is arranged in Jbeil, along the northern bank of Lebanon. In...